Belt-dressing applier.



J. M. REED.

BELT DRESSING APPLIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1912.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Q\ as To all whom it may concern a a 's i' JOHN M. REED, or ATLANTA,enonem.

' BELT-DRESSING APPLIEE.

Patented Qct. 14, 1913.

Be it known that I, JOHN M. REED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and btate of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Dressing Appliers;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescrlption of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel device for applying dressing to powertransmitting belts, and it has for its main and primary object theprovision of a device of this character through the medium of whichdressing for the preservation of power belts may be readily appliedtothe latter.

The invention further aims to provide a device of the characterprovision for a gradual feed of thedressing from a suitable reservoir,and the application of the dressing to the belt by means of a rollingcontact so that the dressing may be evenly distributed over the belt ina film or thin sheet.

Furthermore, the invention contemplates the construction of simple andefiicient means for imparting to the dressing a forced feed from thereservoir containing the same, which feed is automatic, and controlledby the amount of dressing within the reservoir.

Havin these general objects in view, and others w ich will appear as thenature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consistssubstantially in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a belt dressing applierembodying the principles of the present invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view thereof, the cut-off valve being illustratedin open position and providing through passages between the reservoirand the distributing roll.

' Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view,

taken at right angles to the view point of Fig. 2, of the removablehead. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the removable head, viewing the samevat the interior of the cap. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of the cut-oilvalve removed.

Referring in detail to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 10designates a tubumentioned havingv lar reservoir, one end" of which isclosed, the other end being open, and said reservoir is preferablycylindrical. The reservoir 10 also serves as a convenient handle formanipul'ating the device. The exterior of the open end of the reservoir10 is screw threaded, and detachably engaged with said screwthreaded endis a cap 11, the same forming a closure for the reservoir. -Wit-hin thecap 11, and extending transversely thereof, is a series of openings 12by means of which communication is afiorded with the interior of thereservoir 10 when the cap 11 is ap: plied thereto, and extending fromsaid cap 11 is a neck 13 wherein is provided a' transverse bore 14. Oneend of the bore 14 is .closed, as by plug 15,and fitted within said boreis a valve plug 16 the outer end of which is provided with a kerf 17 forthe reception of a suitable tool, as a screw driver for turning theplug. The plu 16 snugly fits the bore 14, so that said p ug is heldwithin said bore by friction and extending across the plug 16 is aplurality of passages 18 which are adapted to register with the openings12 of the cap 11.

- Connected to the neck 13 is a cup 19 provided with end walls 20 andextending through said end walls is an elongated bolt 21, or itsequivalent, which forms the am's of a distributing roll 22. Asillustrated, the

end walls 20 are separate from the cup 19, n

being clamped against the end portions of said cup by means of the bolt21 and its nut 23, and in this construction the end walls 20 are ofsufficient diameter to extend over the open ends of the cup 19, asillustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and thus effectually to closesaid open ends. Obviously, the end walls 20 may be formed as an integralstructure-with the cup 19. At the base of the cup, or at its juncturewith the neck 13 is provided a series of discharge openings 24, and saidopenings are alined with the openings 12 of the cap 11, the openings 18of the valve 16 being also adapted to register with said openings 24. Itwill,therefore, be seen that the plug 16 serves as a cut-01f, andregulates the flow of the dressing from the reservoir 10 to the cup 19.

That the belt dressing may be ejected from the reservoir 10, and thusdischarged under pressure, a plunger 25 is arranged within saidreservoir, a coil spring 26 being interposed between said plunger andthe closed end of the reservoir and said spring that its openings 18 areout of registry with the openings 12 and 24, the belt dressing isconfined within the reservoir, but upon proper rotation of said valveplug 16 to bring the openings 18 thereof into communication with theopenings 12 and 24, the belt dressing is forced out through saidopenings and into the cup 19. The amount discharged. through saidopenings is, of course, regulated by the valve plug 16, so that more orless of the dressing may be fed into the cup 19 as greater or less areaof the openings 18 is exposed. When it is desired to apply the dressingto a belt, it is but necessary to bring the distributing roll 22 intocontact with the belt, and if the latter be in motion the roll 2-2 willrotate, thereby feeding the dressing from the cup 19 onto the belt anddistributing the dressing in a thin film or sheet over the belt. If thebelt be not in motion, it is obvious that by moving the applier over thebelt the roll 22 will-rotate, and thereby efii'ect the distributionreferred to. As the amount of dressing within the reservoir 10 becomesdiminished, the plunger 25 will gradually approach the cap 11 understress of the spring 26, but it will be understood that the strength ofthe latter is suitably proportioned to the character of the beltdressing used so that the dressing will not be unduly discharged becauseof ex cess pressure of the plunger 25 in feeding the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is:-

1. In a lubricating device, a reservoir, a segmental saddlecommunicating with the reservoir having open ends, a roller disposedwithin the saddle, end plates upon the ends of the saddle and a pintleextending through the end plates and serving as a journal for theroller, the end plates serving as closures for the ends of the saddle.

2. In a lubricating device, a reservoir, a saddle having communicationwith the reservoir and constructed to be more than half a circle incross section and with open ends, a roller slidably insertible in thesaddle from the end, end plates and a pintle serving to clamp t-he endplates upon the ends of the saddle and to journal the roller.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. REED.

Witnesses:

Houses FREDERICK,

J. R. STONER.

